Behind the Candelabra: Homes, Rooms and Decor Liberace Would Love

When the reviews are bad I tell my staff that they can join me as I cry all the way to the bank.

Stephen Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra debuts on HBO this weekend and I, for one, can't wait to see Matt Damon in a bejeweled mankini. Whether you call Liberace's hallmark style 70s Baroque, or Maximalist Princess, more is more and no surface is too shiny. If Liberace were alive today, I feel confident he'd approve of the following interiors. So why don't we just step out and slip into something more spectacular?

As a sneak peek to this weekend's HBO event, the New York Post posted a slideshow of the sets used in the movie. Above is Liberace's bathroom, with an exact replica of the famous pianist's own tub from his Las Vegas home to kick off our gallery of Liberace-style looks.

And, be sure to check out the quotes in the captions of each of the rooms above - all are jewels of wit and wisdom from the man himself...

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1. The bathroom set from the new film.. Photo by Claudette Barius for HBO via the Post.